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UIUC submits MMR construction permit application
The University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign, in partnership with Nano Nuclear Energy, has submitted a construction permit application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for construction of a Kronos micro modular reactor (MMR). This is the first major step in the two-part 10 CFR Part 50 licensing process for the research and test reactor and is the culmination of years of technical refinement and regulatory alignment.
The team chose to engage with the NRC in a preapplication readiness assessment, providing the agency with draft versions of the majority of the CPA’s technical content for feedback, which is expected to ensure a high-quality application.
J.M. Miller, S.R. Bokwa, D.S. Macdonald, R.A. Verrall
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 19 | Number 3 | May 1991 | Pages 996-999
Blanket Technology | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A29472
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Tritium release from 1.5 mm diameter Li2ZrO3 spheres has been examined in post-irradiation annealing tests, to support the Canadian sphere-pac breeder-blanket concept. Rapid tritium release was observed over the complete temperature range studied, 573–723 K. The tritium was recovered primarily in the tritiated water (HTO) form, except when He-1% H2 sweep gas was used and the temperature was ≥673 K. Hydrogen added to the sweep gas increased the release rate. The features of the tritium release curves from the on-line ionization chamber indicate some unexplained tritium release behaviour, not previously seen with LiA1O2 or Li2O.
